UPDATE: Archbishop Paul Cremona has been inaugurated as the new Archbishop of Malta during a ceremony in St John's CoCathedral in Valletta.

Fr Paul Cremona has been appointed the new Bishop of Malta by the Pope.

Currently Fr Cremona was the Promoter for the Dominican Family and Lay Dominicans and parish priest of Nazzarenu church, Sliema.

Congratulations to our new Bishop!

Let us all follow our new Shepherd.

UPDATED NEWS: The Vatican has announced the attribution of the second miracle due to the intercession of Blessed Ġorġ Preca (Dun Ġorġ Preca).

A final decision on Dun Gorg's sainthood will be taken by Pope Benedict XVI in the coming days. Dun Ġorġ was declared Blessed during Pope John Paul II's visit to Malta on Wednesday 9th May 2001. Dun Gorg will be the first Maltese to be officially declared a saint.

Two small planes have crashed and one pilot has died, today at 15 minutes past noon, during the Grand Prix at Marsamxett harbour.

The planes crashed into each other on the sea.
Gabor Varga, acrobatics champion known as 'the Wild One', is the pilot who died.
You can visit his website.

I have always said these air shows are dangerous when the planes fly over buildings doing their acrobatics. During the practice training in the past few days they have been flying over land too.

The Times online has this story